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Neighborhoods Get "One Spy Too Many"

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HERMITS and other strong-willed types who have ignored television should know that those slick secret agents operating as "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." now have been transported from the home to the theater screen for the third tune in "One Spy Too Many," which came to local houses yesterday.Not too long ago, M-G-M took two parts of these video adventures and shipped them to theaters as "One of Our Spies Is Missing," and followed it with another caper previously seen on video called "The Spy With My Face." Since this reportedly has been a profitable practice it also is fair to state that "One Spy Too Many" is as apt and precise a title as you can invent.For those who can't or won't recall what "One Spy Too Many" is all about, it must be stated that Robert Vaughn and David McCallum and the rest of our "U.N.C.L.E." protectors are successfully battling it out with Rip Torn, as a sullen Greek tycoon named Alexander, who merely wants to rule the world. The gun battles, the chases and the girls are plentiful and fast and the color is as pretty as the girls. And, our heroes are as quick with a tongue-in-cheek quip as they are with a karate chop. Are they better on a large screen? No. Only larger.